Pegswood railway station

Railway station in Northumberland, England

Key dates1 January 1903OpenedPassengers2018/19

2,3642019/20

1,8302020/21

4722021/22

1,5602022/23

1,612

Location
Pegswood Location in Northumberland, England

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pegswood is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 18 miles 44 chains (18.6 mi; 29.9 km) north of Newcastle, serves the villages of Longhirst and Pegswood in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History

The station was opened by the North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1903, to serve the nearby village and colliery.^[1] The line passing through the station, which was constructed by the Newcastle and Berwick Railway during the 1840s, had opened more than fifty years earlier.

The station was twice threatened with closure after nationalisation. The first attempt to close the station was made in 1958, with a further attempt made in 1966, during the Beeching cuts. The station was reprieved each time. Until 1968, the station was served by through trains running between Newcastle and Alnwick.^[2]

An average of 3 or 4 services each way per day ran to and from Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley until the 1980s. Following the electrification of the East Coast Main Line, these services were curtailed to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Services were further cut (and reduced in frequency to the present residual level) by British Rail in May 1991, due to a shortage of rolling stock.^[3]

The local rail user group, SENRUG, has been campaigning to improve service levels at the station, and at neighbouring Widdrington, since September 2016.

Facilities

The station has two platforms with basic facilities. A waiting shelter is located on the Newcastle-bound platform. There is step-free access to both platforms, which are linked by road bridge.^[4]

Pegswood is not part of the Northern Trains penalty fare network, as a ticket machine has not yet (as of January 2023^[update]) been installed at the station.^[5]

Services

Northern Trains
Route 1

East Coast Main line

					Chathill
					Alnmouth for Alnwick
					Acklington
					Widdrington
					Pegswood
					Morpeth
					Cramlington
					Manors
					Newcastle

Most services extend to/from
Carlisle.

As of the December 2021 timetable change, the station is served by one train per day (excluding Sunday) towards Chathill, and two trains towards Newcastle via Morpeth. All services are operated by Northern Trains.^[6]

Rolling stock used: Class 156 Super Sprinter and Class 158 Express Sprinter

References

^ Quick, Michael E. (2009). Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 335. ISBN 9780901461575. OCLC 612226077.
^ Young, Alan (18 May 2017). "A brief history of the East Coast Main Line in Northumberland". Disused Stations. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ BR National Rail Timetable May 1991 Edition, Table 47
^ "Pegswood Station Train Tickets, Departures and Timetables". Northern Trains. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "Penalty Fares Map". Northern Trains. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "Train times: Alnmouth and Morpeth to Newcastle and Metrocentre" (PDF). Northern Trains. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

Media related to Pegswood railway station at Wikimedia Commons
Train times and station information for Pegswood railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Morpeth towards Newcastle via Morpeth		Northern Trains East Coast Main Line	Widdrington towards Chathill
	Historical railways
Morpeth		North Eastern Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Ashington Colliery Junction

Railway stations in Northumberland

East Coast Main Line	London King's Cross → Cramlington Morpeth Pegswood Widdrington Acklington Alnmouth Chathill Berwick-upon-Tweed → Edinburgh Waverley
Tyne Valley Line	Newcastle → Wylam Prudhoe Stocksfield Riding Mill Corbridge Hexham Haydon Bridge Bardon Mill Haltwhistle → Carlisle

Heritage railways
Aln Valley Railway	Alnwick Lionheart
South Tynedale Railway	Alston → Kirkhaugh Lintley Halt Slaggyford

Station usage in Northumberland

Railway stations served by Northern Trains

Stations listed in italics are request stops.

North East England

County Durham	Allens West Billingham Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Darlington Dinsdale Durham Eaglescliffe Hartlepool Heighington Horden Newton Aycliffe North Road Seaham Seaton Carew Shildon Stockton
Northumberland	Acklington Alnmouth Bardon Mill Chathill Corbridge Cramlington Haltwhistle Haydon Bridge Hexham Morpeth Pegswood Prudhoe Riding Mill Stocksfield Widdrington Wylam
Tyne and Wear	Blaydon Dunston Heworth Manors MetroCentre Newcastle Sunderland
North Yorkshire^[a]	Gypsy Lane James Cook Longbeck Marske Marton Middlesbrough Nunthorpe Redcar Central Redcar East Saltburn South Bank Thornaby

North West England
(and West Midlands)

Cumbria	Appleby Armathwaite Arnside Askam Aspatria Barrow-in-Furness Bootle Brampton Braystones Burneside Cark & Cartmel Carlisle Corkickle Dalston Dalton Dent Drigg Flimby Foxfield Garsdale Grange-over-Sands Green Road Harrington Kendal Kents Bank Kirkby-in-Furness Kirkby Stephen Langwathby Lazonby & Kirkoswald Maryport Millom Nethertown Oxenholme Lake District Parton Ravenglass Roose St Bees Seascale Sellafield Silecroft Staveley Ulverston Wetheral Whitehaven Wigton Windermere Workington
Lancashire	Accrington Adlington (Lancashire) Ansdell and Fairhaven Bamber Bridge Bare Lane Bescar Lane Blackburn Blackpool North Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South Brierfield Buckshaw Parkway Burnley Barracks Burnley Central Burnley Manchester Road Burscough Bridge Burscough Junction Carnforth Cherry Tree Chorley Church & Oswaldtwistle Clitheroe Colne Croston Darwen Entwistle Euxton Balshaw Lane Hapton Heysham Port Hoscar Huncoat Kirkham and Wesham Lancaster Langho Layton Leyland Lostock Hall Lytham Mill Hill Morecambe Moss Side Nelson New Lane Ormskirk Parbold Pleasington Poulton-le-Fylde Preston Ramsgreave and Wilpshire Rishton Rose Grove Rufford St Annes-on-the-Sea Salwick Silverdale Squires Gate Upholland Wennington Whalley
Cheshire	Adlington (Cheshire) Alderley Edge Ashley Birchwood Chelford Chester Congleton Crewe Cuddington Delamere Disley Ellesmere Port Frodsham Glazebrook Goostrey Greenbank Handforth Helsby Holmes Chapel Hough Green Ince & Elton Knutsford Lostock Gralam Macclesfield Mobberley Mouldsworth Northwich Padgate Plumley Poynton Prestbury Runcorn East Sandbach Sankey for Penketh Styal Warrington Bank Quay Warrington Central Warrington West Widnes Wilmslow
Greater Manchester	Altrincham Appley Bridge Ardwick Ashburys Ashton-under-Lyne Atherton Belle Vue Blackrod Bolton Bramhall Bredbury Brinnington Broadbottom Bromley Cross Bryn Burnage Castleton Chassen Road Cheadle Hulme Clifton Daisy Hill Davenport Deansgate Denton East Didsbury Eccles Fairfield Farnworth Flixton Flowery Field Gathurst Gatley Godley Gorton Guide Bridge Hag Fold Hale Hall i' th' Wood Hattersley Hazel Grove Heald Green Heaton Chapel Hindley Horwich Parkway Humphrey Park Hyde Central Hyde North Ince Irlam Kearsley Levenshulme Littleborough Lostock Manchester Airport Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Victoria Marple Mauldeth Road Middlewood Mills Hill Moorside Moses Gate Mossley Moston Navigation Road Newton for Hyde Orrell Patricroft Pemberton Reddish North Reddish South Rochdale Romiley Rose Hill Marple Ryder Brow Salford Central Salford Crescent Smithy Bridge Stalybridge Stockport Strines Swinton (Greater Manchester) Trafford Park Urmston Walkden Westhoughton Wigan North Western Wigan Wallgate Woodley Woodsmoor
Merseyside	Broad Green Earlestown Eccleston Park Edge Hill Garswood Halewood Headbolt Lane Hunts Cross Huyton Lea Green Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Meols Cop Mossley Hill Newton-le-Willows Prescot Rainford Rainhill Roby St Helens Central St Helens Junction Southport Thatto Heath Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton Whiston
Staffordshire	Kidsgrove Longport Stoke-on-Trent

Yorkshire and the Humber
(and East Midlands)

North Yorkshire^[a]	Battersby Bentham Castleton Moor Cattal Church Fenton Clapham Commondale Cononley Danby Egton Filey Gargrave Giggleswick Glaisdale Great Ayton Grosmont Hammerton Harrogate Hellifield Hensall Hornbeam Park Horton-in-Ribblesdale Hunmanby Kildale Knaresborough Lealholm Long Preston Pannal Poppleton Ribblehead Ruswarp Scarborough Seamer Selby Settle Sherburn-in-Elmet Skipton Sleights South Milford Starbeck Ulleskelf Weeton Whitby Whitley Bridge York
East Riding of Yorkshire	Arram Bempton Beverley Bridlington Broomfleet Brough Cottingham Driffield Eastrington Ferriby Gilberdyke Goole Hessle Howden Hull Paragon Hutton Cranswick Nafferton Rawcliffe Saltmarshe Snaith Wressle
West Yorkshire	Apperley Bridge Baildon Batley Ben Rhydding Berry Brow Bingley Bradford Forster Square Bradford Interchange Bramley Brighouse Brockholes Burley-in-Wharfedale Burley Park Castleford Cottingley Crossflatts Cross Gates Deighton Denby Dale Dewsbury East Garforth Featherstone Fitzwilliam Frizinghall Garforth Glasshoughton Guiseley Halifax Headingley Hebden Bridge Honley Horsforth Huddersfield Ilkley Keighley Kirkstall Forge Knottingley Leeds Lockwood Low Moor Menston Micklefield Mirfield Moorthorpe Morley Mytholmroyd New Pudsey Normanton Outwood Pontefract Baghill Pontefract Monkhill Pontefract Tanshelf Ravensthorpe Saltaire Sandal and Agbrigg Shepley Shipley South Elmsall Sowerby Bridge Steeton and Silsden Stocksmoor Streethouse Todmorden Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Westgate Walsden Woodlesford
South Yorkshire	Adwick Barnsley Bentley Bolton-upon-Dearne Chapeltown Conisbrough Darnall Darton Dodworth Doncaster Dore & Totley Elsecar Goldthorpe Hatfield & Stainforth Kirk Sandall Kiveton Bridge Kiveton Park Meadowhall Mexborough Penistone Rotherham Central Sheffield Silkstone Common Swinton (South Yorkshire) Thorne North Thorne South Thurnscoe Wombwell Woodhouse
Lincolnshire^[b]	Althorpe Barnetby Brigg Cleethorpes Crowle Gainsborough Central Gainsborough Lea Road Grimsby Town Kirton Lindsey Lincoln Saxilby Scunthorpe
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham Retford Shireoaks Worksop
Derbyshire	Alfreton Bamford Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chesterfield Chinley Dinting Dove Holes Dronfield Edale Furness Vale Glossop Grindleford Hadfield Hathersage Hope Ilkeston Langley Mill New Mills Central New Mills Newtown Whaley Bridge

Rail transport in the United Kingdom

^ ^a ^b Stations in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees are considered part of North East England, while stations in the unitary areas of York and North Yorkshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber.
^ Stations in North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire are considered part of Yorkshire and the Humber, while all other stations are considered part of the East Midlands.